3 Engineers Drove 10,056 Km From Kerala To Bhutan And Back In Just 19 Days. What A Trip!

“And then I realized, adventures are the best way to learn.”

For a person who loves to travel, there is no amount of travel that can satiate the wanderlust, and when life is short, you feel the need to travel so much and see everything in such a short time. And this is something that, Rathish Menchery Mony, Prathap Chandran and Krishna Kumar from Kerala realized and set off for their epic road trip of 10056 km.

 

The planning

“A life changing event can happen in a fraction of second as we decided to make our trip to the Himalayas, on one fine December evening. We didn’t had much time as Krishna Kumar alias Kichan had to return by end Jan. We decided to work it backwards from the date of return we planned things and we realized we had hardly a week left with us. So we decided to do things on fly, rather than wasting time on planning. But we did a research and could figure out that we need Inner Line Permit to enter some protected areas which includes Arunachal, Nagaland & Mizoram.” say  Rathish and Prathap.

 

Distance travelled

10056 kilometres in 19 days

 

The travel plan details

Vehicle: Bolero 2014 the 4×4 Beast
24×7 Wi-Fi hotspot
Local SIM cards for all states

 

Journey details

20 January 2015 | Kerala

20 January 2015 | Tamil Nadu
09:00 PM | Kanyakumari

21 January 2015 | Tamil Nadu

21 January 2015 | Andhra Pradesh

22 January 2015 | Odisha
08:40 AM | Chilka Lake
03:00 PM | Shri Jagannath Temple, Puri
04:50 PM | Chandrabhaga Beach, Puri
05:40 PM | Konark Sun Temple, Konark

23 January 2015 | West Bengal
08:30 AM | Vidyasagar Setu
03:26 PM | Victoria Memorial, Queens Way, Kolkata
04:30 PM | New Market, Bertram St, Kolkata

24 January 2015 | West Bengal
08:47 AM | Vidyasagar Setu
12:40 PM | Bardhaman

25 January 2015 | West Bengal
01:00 PM | Buxa Wildlife Sanctuary, Buxa Forest
01:10 PM | Dalsingpara Tea Garden

25 January 2015 | Bhutan
01:40 PM | Phuntsholing, Bhutan

26 January 2015 | Bhutan
04:00 PM | Paro Taktsang, Paro
08:00 PM | Memorial Chorten, Chhoten Lam

27 January 2015 | Bhutan
08:00 AM | Thimphu
10:00 AM | Buddha Dordenma

27 January 2015 | West Bengal

27 January 2015 | Assam

28 January 2015 | Assam
10.30 AM | At Tezpur with Debojith Gogoi

28 January 2015 | Arunachal Pradesh
04:15 PM | Kameng River
05:00 PM | Bomdila Water Fall

29 Jan 2015 | Arunachal Pradesh
10:39 AM | Hot water spring
01:39 PM | Sela Pass
01:45 PM | Sela Lake
03:00 PM | Jaswantgarh War Memorial
04:10 PM | Jang Falls
04:10 PM | Jang Hydro Electric Power station

30 January 2015 | Arunachal Pradesh
09:30 AM | Tawang Monastery, Tawang
09:50 AM | Library
12:15 PM | War memorial, Tawang
12:25 PM | Gyangong Ani Gompa
12:30 PM | Hill top Statue
9:30 PM | Dinner with Friends

31 January 2015 | Arunachal Pradesh
06:20 AM | Pankang Teng Tso Lake
07:30 AM | Bumla Pass
09:20 AM | Y Junction
10:20 AM | Shongatser Lake (Madhuri lake)

01 February 2015 | Assam

01 February 2015 | West Bengal

01 February 2015 | Sikkim

02 February 2015 | Sikkim
04:30 PM | Tashi View Point
09:00 PM | MG Marg

03 February 2015 | Sikkim
08:20 PM | Changu Lake or Tsomgo Lake
09:00 PM | Nathu La pass
11:20 PM | Gangtok Ropeway
03:30 PM | Temi Organic Tea Garden
04:18 PM | Samdruptse
05:10 PM | Char Dham, Solophok

04 February 2015 | West Bengal
11:00 AM | Tiger Hills
12:20 PM | Batasia Loop
12:30 PM | Toy train, Dargeeling
02:40 PM | Rock Garden
03:40 PM | Orange Valley Tea Estate

05 February 2015 | Bihar
06:00 AM | Ganges
11:20 AM | Koilwar Bridge

05 February 2015 | Uttar Pradesh
06:45 PM | Dashashwamedh Ghat
07:15 PM | Kashi Vishwanath Temple

06 February 2015 | Uttar Pradesh

06 February 2015 | Madhya Pradesh

06 February 2015 | Maharashtra
08:15 PM | Sitabuldi market, Nagpur

07 February 2015 | Telangana
12:30 PM | Lunch with Kannayya
02:00 PM | Golconda Fort, Hyderabad
03:20 PM | Charminar, Hyderabad

08 February 2015 | Karnataka
02:00 PM | Majestic, Bangalore

08 February 2015 | Tamil Nadu

09 February 2015 | Tamil Nadu

09 February 2015 | Kerala

 

Finances

Diesel costs – 40,000/-
Toll-gate prices –  5,000/-
Food, lodging, miscellaneous – 45,000/-
Bribes – 10,000/-

 

Here are some images they captured during their trip:

 

 

The team

Rathish Menchery Mony: Software Test Architect, born and brought up in Thrissur Kerala. Worked at Quest Global (Erstwhile NeST), Technopark Trivandrum, Kerala, India. Recently moved to Canada and has been working at Tata consultancy Services – Canada.

Prathapachandran V: Software Technical Architect, born and brought up in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. He has been working at Quest Global (Erstwhile NeST),Technopark Trivandrum, Kerala, India.

Krishna Kumar B: Customer Relationship Manager, born and brought up in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. Worked at Kulathunkal Motors, Thiruvananthapuram. Currently, he is working at Kuwait.

Bottomline: I want to travel. I’m going to travel in 2016 🙁

Source: Out Road Ways

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